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Twenty-seven members of Congress write to Holder. Stutzman says: “Americans don’t subscribe to the European notion that children belong to the community or the state—they belong to their parents” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Marlin Stutzman today led a group of...

It’s graduation season – caps and gowns, pomp and circumstance.  Students travel across that platform ready to embark on their next adventure with fresh memories of their school days.  The following is one student’s view of her past 12 years of school – at home!...

Homeschoolers perform better academically as well, claims report By Dain Fitzgerald Homeschooling is on the rise, according to a report by Education News, and has grown by an average of 75% since 1999. ABC has also reported on the same trend, first picked up last...

A Missouri county circuit court dismissed truancy charges against homeschooling mother Jacinda Haberly (all names changed to protect privacy) on January 31, 2013. In September 2012, Jacinda Haberly withdrew her 8th and 5th grade daughters, Karen and Miranda, from...

“Do you homeschool?” I get that question often and it makes me smile.  How is it we “look like” a homeschool family?  Maybe it has something to do with the other question I get a lot – “Are all those kids yours?!?”  With 5 kids including 2 sets of twins, I guess we...

Once on a street not too far from me There live a family – how many kids? – 3. They were off on a journey, and they weren’t fooling! They left P.S. 4 to switch to homeschooling.   At first all was new, novel, and fun. These motivated kids were learning a ton! BUT...

From Breitbart.com As dissatisfaction with the U.S. public school system grows, apparently so has the appeal of homeschooling. Educational researchers, in fact, are expecting a surge in the number of students educated at home by their parents over the next ten years,...

I don’t live far from the Great Continental Divide in Colorado.  I knew that the water runoff to one side fed the watersheds to the west and eventually drained into the Pacific and on the other side of the divide the water ran east and eventually into the Atlantic. ...

By Tiany Davis from Sheknows.com With summer almost here, vacation planning is in full swing. As homeschoolers, the learning does not have to end when we take off for family vacations. Learning should be a natural extension of our children's day-to-day experiences in...

Farkle. That’s the name of a game we recently learned to play.  It’s a game where you roll dice for points and then decide whether you will keep those points or try for more, running the risk of losing the points you’ve already made.  You have to weigh the benefit and...

Global Student Network (GSN), a leading accredited curriculum provider since 2004, is offering a free 9” Android Tablet to any student who enrolls in GSN’s Global Courseware Program. Henderson, NV (PRWEB) June 03, 2013 Global Courseware is curriculum designed to...

Enroll in Global Student Network's Unlimited Global Courseware Program before July 31, 2013 (even if you aren't starting until the fall) and receive our Enrollment Gift of a 9" Capacitive Screen Android 4.0 Tablet PC MID 8GB WIFI Allwinner A13 512 MB 1.5 GHZ Ultrathin...

Despite the occasional protest, more and more schools are embracing yoga as part of their physical education curricula. And just as mainstreamed schools are flocking to yoga, so too are home-schoolers, looking to supplement their own P.E. programs with a...

Technology and kids.  Seems like they were made for each other!  Watching my young children easily navigate an electronic device or techno-gizmo makes me wonder if they were born with some innate knowledge or skill.  Point-and-click seems to come as naturally as...

Sometimes you may need Teacher Support for just a course or two.... Global Student Network (GSN) has a solution for you! NOW YOU CAN HIRE A CERTIFIED TEACHER FOR 3 MONTHS PER COURSE! That means if you need teacher support for a particular course, from any of our 6...

Any person who has ever purchased clothing knows this: One size does not fit all. What fits well on me will look ludicrous on my 6'1" neighbor, won’t fit my curvaceous friends, and certainly won’t do much for Daniel, my partner. There is no standard human, and to...

Is your son or daughter interested in a career in the U.S. Armed Forces? In 2011, HSLDA worked with Congress to include an amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to ensure that homeschool graduates could enlist in the military. Congress included...

The nation got to hear Taylor Beckham’s beautifully rich voice on TV’s popular “The Voice.”  Getting on the show with her blind audition selection of “I’m Going Down,” Taylor went on to perform “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “Russian Roulette.”  She had the...

“Do we ignore the gifts God has blessed our kids with, and stay in our comfortable way of life, or do we step out on faith and see where God takes us?” It takes a lot of courage to ask that question and even more courage to follow wherever the answer may lead.  But...